PCS Review Dec 2016

This review is a response to the need for research-based new models, new strategies, and new tools in public communication. It also considers the interlink between online and offline media and how both invade public space to construct meaning. – Issue Editor’s Note

Articles:

• Unstrengthening the News: The Treatment of Online Philippine News Sites on LGBTs Coverage by Rizza S. Edu and Lea M. Salvosa
• Reproductive Choices of Selected Communities: Communicating Policy in Rural and Urban-Poor Areas by Jim C. Duran
• Digital Trolls and Philippines Elections: Agenda-Setting in the Age of Social Media by Nef T. Luczon

Essays:

• Core Competencies of Public Information Officers in the 21st Century: Retooling for Open Government by Ramon R. Tuazon
• The Rise of Nene and the Memes: A Critical Look at Democratization of Social Media and Technological Unconsciousness of Facebook Users by Melinda T. Quiñones
• No to Hero’s Burial: Social Movements Against Historical Revisionism by Jefferson Lyndon D. Ragragio
• Media Ownership: Balancing Act between Business and Public Interests by Melinda T. Quiñones